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ZPEED (Z' Exclusions from Experimental Data)

The ZPEED code calculates likelihoods and various test statistics for general Z' models.

Citation Policy

When using ZPEED, please cite F. Kahlhoefer, A. Mück, S. Schulte and P. Tunney, "Interference effects in dilepton resonance searches for Z' bosons and dark matter mediators", 2019, arXiv:1912.06374.

Running the code

ZPEED is written in python and works with both python2.7 and python3.5. It furthermore requires numpy and scipy.

To run the code, simply do

python RunMe.py

Contact

Any questions, comments, or suggestions should be directed to kahlhoefer@physik.rwth-aachen.de.

Contributors

The following have contributed to the development and testing of ZPEED:

  • Felix Kahlhoefer, RWTH Aachen: Implementation of ATLAS likelihood and statistical method.

  • Stefan Schulte, MPP Munich: Implementation of cross section formulas, PDFs and detector effects.

  • Patrick Tunney, RWTH Aachen: Implementation of detector effects; testing and validation.